Introduction : becoming an expert witness -- Part I. Getting close to killers -- The concept of choice in the criminal justice system -- Keeping killers inside our circle of caring -- Moral damage: growing up with a war zone mentality -- Emotional damage: the consequences of unresolved trauma -- Part II. The American way of killing -- "If you're old enough to do the crime, you're old enough to do the time" -- Tales of rehabilitation, transformation, and redemption -- Guns don't kill people - people with guns kill people -- Making sense of the senseless: understanding and preventing killing in America -- Appendix: Zagar's model.

Introduction : becoming an expert witness -- Part I. Getting close to killers -- The concept of choice in the criminal justice system -- Keeping killers inside our circle of caring -- Moral damage: growing up with a war zone mentality -- Emotional damage: the consequences of unresolved trauma -- Part II. The American way of killing -- "If you're old enough to do the crime, you're old enough to do the time" -- Tales of rehabilitation, transformation, and redemption -- Guns don't kill people - people with guns kill people -- Making sense of the senseless: understanding and preventing killing in America -- Appendix: Zagar's model.